Photo: Iqaluit volunteer receives literacy awards

Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak stands with Iqaluit Centennial Library volunteer Catherine Hoyt Sept. 5, who received the 2013 Council of the Federation Literacy Award for her work as volunteer Chair of the Friends of the Iqaluit Centennial Library. Hoyt has “improved and increased services to the community of Iqaluit and significantly increased literacy-based programs to include all of Nunavut’s official languages and all age groups from infant to adult,” said a statement from the Government of Nunavut. The award is given to each province and territory. Hoyt, who first moved to Nunavut in 2001, holds a master’s in library and information studies from Dalhousie University. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GN)